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L. John Nuttall

[After giving the first endowments, Joseph Smith said to Brigham Young:] “Brother Brigham, this is not arranged perfectly; however we have done the best we could under the circumstances in which we are placed. I wish you to take this matter in hand: organize and systematize all these ceremonies.

Source: L. John Nuttall diary, February 7, 1877, quotes in BYU Studies 19

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